The local evening TV news reported that a witness observed the aircraft ""turn upside down in the air" just before it crashed. Hard to believe. Perhaps you might believe this. Some years ago, I upgraded my qualifications with a centreline multiengine rating specifically to fly a local businessman’s...

The local evening TV news reported that a witness observed the aircraft ""turn upside down in the air" just before it crashed.

If you find yourself airborne in a Cessna with full flaps extended, fly the plane so as to remain in ground effect while you reposition the flaps where they should be. They will fly a balked landing with full flaps, but don't push your luck. Actually extending the flaps past 20 during takeoff... ju...

I’m not sure. Do many light aircraft certified for known ice have heated static ports. It's one of the required items to be certified for flight into known ice. Maybe the regulations have changed but I owned a Canadian registered Cessna P210 that was equipped with the Known Icing Kit. It did not ha...